Method of making coupling sleeves



June 15 1926. 1,588,606

vJ. M. ODEN METHOD QF MAKING COUPLING sLEEvEs Original Filed Feb. 16, 1922 n A g1/mentor Patented June 15, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,588,606 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN llLODEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF MAKING COUPLING SLEEVES.

Original application led February 16, 1922, SeriaLNo. 536,893. Divided and this application led January 25, 1926.

This invention relates to a hose coupling, and particularly to a method of making the sleeve portions of such couplings whereby.

to facilitate easy and proper application of 5 the sleeve onto the end portion of a piece of hose, in this respect being an improvement upon the structure shown and described in my Patent No. 1,288,148, December 17, 1918, and the present application being a division of my pending application Serial No. 536,893,1iled Feb. 16th, 1922.

The coupling illustrated in said mentioned patent, consists of a body member and a sleeve member, the sleeve member being fitted over the end of the hose, and the body member being screwed into a projecting part of the sleeve in such wise that interrotation of the body and sleeve will cause a tapered portion of the body to progress into the hose 20 and thereby wedge the outer surface of the hose into tighter engagement withthe inner surface of the sleeve. It has beeny found in practice that while this structure is eminently eiiicient, and the parts thereof readily assembled on a hose 'by the use of proper tools, yet, in instances where proper tools are not available, then the assembly of the parts, and particularly of the sleeve into its position over the hose, presents serious problems,

lapd some times results in iniiicient assem- 5lf the sleeve can be gotten to its appointed place upon the hose, then the remainder of the assembling operation isrelatively simple and may be performed with uniform etliciency, and it is, therefore, important to provide means for facilitating theeasy and correct assembly of the sleeve on to the hose. Such a means is shown and described in the present application of which this is a division and the purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved method of process by which to produce the device shown in said -pending application.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view thru' Serial No. 83,556.

Fig. 4 is a sectional viewgfsimilar to that seen in Fig. 'showing in fu l lines the condition of the sleeve prior to the formation of the threads therein and showing in dotted lines the position of the threads.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structure which is therein illustrated, the reference character L indicates the hose over the end portion of which, as seenin Fig. 1,` fits the sleeve G and into this is threaded the body H.

The hose illustrated is commercially known as triplexd hose, being formed o-f an inner lining l of metal, a filler 2 of rubber, or composition, and an outer casing, or cover 3, of woven canvas, or the like. The metal lining, 1 may be formed in any appropriate manner but, as indicated, consists of spirally wound strip material so as to render the hose easily iiexible, in a manner well known in this art.

The sleeve G is screw threaded interiorly and is of a size to fit snugly over' the outer` surface of the hose L, the threads of the sleeve engaging the multitudinous protuberances formed by the weave of the canvas cover of the hose.

The sleeve is arranged so that it projects somewhat beyond the end of the hose.

The body H is formed with an externally threaded portion 4, arranged to engage the threads of the extending portion of the sleeve. A tapered extension 5 is formed beyond the portion 4 adapted to be forced into the end of the hose by which action it will in turn operate to spread the end portion of the hose and to thereby clamp. the material of the hose tightly against the inner surface of the sleeve.

A nut shaped portion 6 is provided for rotating the body, said portion constituting a shoulder 7 for engaging the adjacent .end of the sleeve to limit inwar'd lmovement of the body. i

A further shoulder, as 8, is provided at the larger end of the tapered portion 5, and preferably a gasket, as 9, of felt, leather, or the like, is interposed between said shoulder and the adjacent end of the hose where it will be tightly compressed when the body is lscrewed home. As the cavity within which this gasket is contained grows smaller as thelbody is screwed home, the pressure upon the gasket will be so great as to force portions of the gasket into the small interstices winch lnevitably occur between the i i v parts of thel device formin the cavity so that these interstices are e ectually sealed against possible passage of fluid outwardly from within the hose. -If desired the gasket may be impregnated with a suitable sealing material, as shellac, or other appropriate gum, or the like, a portion of which material will naturally be squeezed from the gasket and into the mentioned interstices where it will vform a more effectual seal against possible passage of fluid from within the hose.

'At the opposite side of the nut portion 6,

an extension 1() is provided by' means 'of which connection may be made with any desired object. This extension may be threaded either internally or exteriorly, or

may take any appropriate form according to requirements. In attaching the coupling to the hose, the

-sleeve G is rst screwed? on tothe hose to a position substantially as indicated. flhe body H is then introduced and screwed lnto the sleeve. Necessary force ris applied to the sleeve and body to continue inward movement of the body preferably untll the sleeve v comes to rest against shoulder 7 during which time the portion 5 is advanced lnto ina manner and with a result as already' referred to.'

" Engagement of the threads of the sleeve with the material of the hose prevents any creeping action of the sleeve along the hose during the inward movement of the body. It is noted that the coarse cover 3 of the hose b its character and surface formation, provi es an excellent medium for gripping the threads of the sleeve, that the metallic lining 1 of the hose serves -to maintain unchanged the interior diameter of the hose during application of the sleeve G thereover, and providesan excellent surface for frictional cooperation with the tapered portion 5 of the body, and that the rubber, or

other elastic filler 2- of ythe hosevprovides an ideal material to receive and transmit` the compression force incident to movementA ofthe ta ered portion 5 into the hose.

In or er that the sleeve G may have av .suicientdgrip upon the hose to enable it to fwlthstan .the pull of the body when the body is being screwed home, it is necessary that the relative sizes off the sleeve and hose shall be such that the sleeve shall have a verytight fit over the hose. On this account itA follows-that as `112ret0f0re coustructed ellicient tools were required to grip the hose and sleeve and toA force .the sleeve on to the hose. y

As herein illustrated, however, it is proposed that the sleeve be made to comprise means for' at least partially cutting its way on to the hose, thus making interrotationvof the sleeve and hose more easil accomplished and rendering the use of too s not essential. As illustrated in the drawings, this means consists vin forming Within the sleeve one or more slots 11 which extend longitudinally of the sleeve and transverse to the threads of the sleeve and of tapering off the threads toward the inner end of the sleeve, as indicated at 12. l

According to the present method the slots 11 are cut mto the sleeve prior to the cutting of the threads, since by this method of procedure burrs) formed by the thread cutting tool as said tool entersjthe slot will constitute thread cutting points, as indicated at 14, upon the end 0f the threads, said cutting points being dragged, or ared, so as to overhang and project into the slots in acute angular relationship to the apexes of the threads so that when the sleeve is being rotated on to a hose they will, to a desirable extent, cut their way thru the material of the cover 3 of the hose, thus reducing the amount of power lequired for rotating the sleeve on to the ose. v

By cutting away, or tapering- .the threads. at the inner end of the sleeve, as indicated at 12, a` gradual cutting of the cover 3 by the burrs, or points, 14, is provided for so thatr correspondingly greater ease of application of the sleeve 1s accomplished.

By cutting the threads after the.slots are formed the corne-rs 15 of the threads opposite the cutting corners 14, are pressed back-` wardly by the thread cutting tool so that said corners are more or less rounded and in use will operate to permit of retrogressive passage of said threads thru the threads of the cover 3, formed by the corners 14, whenever, for any reason, it isdesired to remove the sleeve from the hose.

ciency of grip between ev sleeve and vthe hose will not be impaire' notwithstandin the fact that eater ease of application an By these means it is alirrarent that the ei removal is a orded.

The length of theslot 11 is such that its v end, as 16, terminates short of the gasket 9 12 so as thus to leave an uninterrupted portion,

as 17, ofthe threads of the sleeve lapping the hose between the gasket and-the end 16. This arrangement prevents any undue displacement of the gasket material inte, or thru,'the slots 11, which displacement might 'detract from the eciency of the seal. j

It will be understood that by the use of thewrd .cut?, or cutting, for describingthe thread-way formlng means provided in m lOl the sleeve is meant a means which will actually cut or tear its Way through the material of the hose cover so as to make Way for the following portions of the threads when the sleeve is being rotated on to the hose, as distinguished from the simple squeezing or embedding result attained by the use of the smooth uninterrupted threads illustratedin my Patent No. 1,288,148 referred to.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the foly lowing claim, it is-intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

In the illustration Fig. 4 I have shown the condition of the sleeve as it appears prior to the formation of the threads, from which it will be seen that the slots 11 appear therein and that in shaving off the material, in forming the threads, the tool, indicated by the reference character 18, will drag the metal at opposite sides ofthe slots and thereby form the cutting points 14 and the rounded corners 15.

The finished threads are illustrated by dotted lines 19 in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The herein described method of forming a threaded hose coupling sleeve having cutting edges upon the threads thereof, which method consists in providing a groove Within the sleeve extending longitudinally' thereof, and then cutting the interior surface of the sleeve with a suitable tool to form threads within the sleeve thereby dragging end portions of the threads and forming cutting edges upon the threads overhangng the groove at one yside of the groove and forming rounded edges upon the threads at the opposite side of the groove.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN M. ODEN. 

